- The
Ācārāṅga Sūtra (First book c. 5th–4th
century BCE;
Second book c. Late 4th–2nd
century BCE) is the
first of the
twelve Angas, part of the
agamas (religious...
- dharma. Jain
canons like
Ācārāṅga Sūtra and
other later texts contain many
references to Sramanas. One
verse of the
Ācāranga sūtra
defines a good śramaṇa:...
- Śvetāmbara
canonical scriptures are the
oldest of all Jain literature. The
Ācārāṅga Sūtra,
Uttaradhyayana Sutra, and the
Sthananga Sutra of the Śvetāmbara...
- up as a prince.
According to the
second chapter of the Śvētāmbara text
Ācārāṅga Sūtra, his
parents were lay
devotees of Parshvanatha. Jain
traditions differ...
- have
souls (jīva) that
experience only one sense,
which is touch. The
Ācārāṅga Sūtra
states that "plants ... and the rest of
creation (experience) individually...
- wear
simple outer garments. Śvētāmbara texts, such as
section 2.15 of the
Ācārāṅga Sūtra, say that Mahavira's
parents were
followers of
Parshvanatha (linking...
-
paintings and sculpture.
According to the
second chapter of the Śvētāmbara
Ācārāṅga Sūtra, King
Siddhartha and his
family were
devotees of Parshvanatha.After...
-
Vardhaman Mahavira, the twenty-fourth "fordmaker" or Tirthankara. The
Acaranga Sutra, or Book of Good Conduct, is a
sacred book
within Jainism that discusses...
- they are
described in
detail in the
Tattvartha Sutra (Chapter 7) and the
Acaranga Sutra (Book 2,
Lecture 15).
According to
Acharya Samantabhadra’s Ratnakaraņdaka...
- being, and non-violence is the
highest religious duty. Jain
texts such as
Ācārāṅga Sūtra and Tattvarthasūtra
state that one must
renounce all
killing of living...
